“The government of one of China’s top technology hubs is dispatching officials to 100 local corporations including e-commerce giant Alibaba Group Holding Ltd., the latest effort to exert greater influence over the country’s massive private sector.”

But our selling them stuff – should be limited to stuff we send over there.

We’ll sell them all the food and phones and blue jeans they’ll buy. And then some. Stuff we can export to them – and thereby keep them at bay.

But unfortunately, more and more, there is no such thing as an American company – that isn’t a Communist China company.

“Cosco’s ownership of the California port is a smart move for the Chinese economy, American trade insiders have expressed skepticism over the acquisition’s benefits for the United States, worried it may jeopardize national security.”

Ummm…duh.

Speaking of Communist Chinese companies being a domestic US national security threat….

Behold 5G – which is Fifth Generation wireless technology. The next network for all things cellular.

5G will be an orders-of-magnitude larger leap forward – than 1G through 4G combined were.

5G means massive connection speed and data load increases – allowing for the birth of the Internet of Things:

“(A) network comprised of physical objects capable of gathering and sharing electronic information. The Internet of Things includes a wide variety of ‘smart’ devices, from industrial machines that transmit data about the production process to sensors that track information about the human body.”

That’s a LOT of data. Which means you don’t want Communist China anywhere near it in the US. Or the Americas. Or Europe. Or Australia. Or Africa. Or Antarctica. Or pretty much any part of Asia outside of Communist China.

“As the coronavirus pandemic heightens tensions between the U.S. and China, policymakers and industry are promoting a new, software-driven approach to build next-generation cellular networks without using Chinese equipment.

“Why it matters: It’s a tall order to replace the wireless ecosystem’s hardware-powered status quo, but designing 5G more around software could make it cheaper and easier to deploy — and give hawks a way to lock out China’s products.

“Driving the news: A new coalition of more than 30 tech companies launched Tuesday to advocate federal policies to fund research and development of open and interoperable 5G networks.

“The White House has promoted the same approach because it wants to see 5G built out in the U.S. and abroad without using network gear made by China’s Huawei….”

Did you get all that? Not only will we eradicate the heavily-subsidized Communist Chinese Huawei hardware – we will do so in a way that is cheaper than the heavily-subsidized Communist Chinese Huawei hardware.

And the 5G networking software approach is much more open – and open to innovation. And competition.